When I started on this site about 12 months ago, I found a very vibrant community. This has come to a total stop. People get cut or blocked. Some get curtailed. There are some very smart people that belong on this site, that get stopped when their opinion, just does not cut the mustard. This site should be the cutting edge of woodworking and also the place where everybody can get help.

I want the banter. I want the arguments. I want the confrontations. I think that will make us better persons and also better woodworkers.

What is wrong with the powder puff, marshmellowy approach to interactions between woodworkers? Any group of guys that get to together, in this case woodworkers, talk shop and talk shit. It’s the nature of the male species. In this particular group we aren’t allowed to talk shit. You get half a male…